New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-23
UNFIT MEN FOR LOCAL. OFFICE.

UNFIT MEN For LOCAL OFFICE.
The more carefully the local ticket which the
Democratic bosses have put i'll The field Is
scrutinzcd the worse it looks These I'M
scrupulous intrigucrs might have gone lar ana
searched long before they discovered "a more
completely unfit person for District-Attorncy
than Colonel John Il. Fellows. Every one
recognizes the fact that Colonel Fellows has
done creditable and useful work in jury adj
dresses and the conduct of criminal cases under
the direction and control of earnest, public
spirited officials like John NcKcon and Dis
trict-Attornev MARITIME. Ills oratorca powers
and his experience in criminal prosecutions
render him valuable prosecutor as a SuDor-
dinatc to a man of integrity and resolution.
But Colonel Fellows is weak and unstable rs
water His lants and his follicS have been
notorious in every place OF public resort III
this CITY for MANY wears. His hands were
smirchcd with the Crime Of the Tweed King.
His record as a political agent at Albany was
ANYTHING but commendable. lie has been
careless Of his good name In the conduct oil
his private affairs and in his personal relations
10 put in the position of Distnct-Attorncy
a politician whose looscncsS Of lie has Dceh Il
by-word all over this town for the last fifteen
wears and moro would be a crime against goOd
morals and public dcccncy. If he were to have
control Of the tremendous machinery oil TINS
Office criminals with political influence at their
backs would be ant to find life here comfort
able and agreeable Lottcry-playing and
gambling in all its worst forms would be
apt to flourish. The alliance between the
yilcst types of ward politicians and the dan
r. 4 lou NNb
been so fruitful a source Of evil would be
carried to a greater extreme and would De
apt TO result IN more serious dcpraNlty ana
DEGRADATION than have disgraccd this city nj
any time since William VI. Tweed was cast
out by the indignant uprising Of an aroused
people. The bodcSt defender Of the OligarChy
Mhich dominates the councils of the County
Democracy cannot claim that either the public
career or the private life Of this man entities
him to the support Of any scll-cSpccung voter
No moro serious menace to the good name
and Lood order Of Ncw-Iorll has been put for
ward by any political iunta since the breaking
up Of the Tweed Ring than this nomination
Of Colonel John X. Fellows.
What qualifications Theodore w. Myers pos
scsscs for the cXacting and difficult Office OF
Controller even his friends cannot explain
Speculation in Wall Street is by no means the
ONLY rcousito TO success in the administration
Of the financial affairs Of the municipality.
In what way has Mr.. Myers ever indicated the
possession Of the abilities necessary for the
proper conduct Of the Controller Office? Ills
public services have been confined TO an orna-
mental position in tho Park Department. 30
far from adding any elements of strength To the
local Democratic ticket. he is certain TO divert
from it the support Of wcll-informcd people
whO know The serious nature OF the rcSp"h-
sbllitics and burdens of the Conrolicrshlp'
Mr.. Locw was too good a Controller to com
mend himself TO the unScrupulouS jobbcIS who
arc now in the leadership Of the County De
moclacy; but when they concluded to ignore
Mr.. Locws Just claims to the support OF ms
party for another term, they might certainty
have made better selection for the position
than that Of Mr.. Myers. This candidates only
claim to recognition at the hands Of the people
Of Ncw-YOrl lies in his long continued IN
tmacv with Hubert o. Thompson and with the
most corrupt set of politicians in the city during
the days of ThompSons disgrace;ul prom
| incncc unless we consider that Mr.. Myers ;
extraordinary activity in soliciting the votes Of
| Olllcc-DONS, DODhkctpcrS anu Hlb'i N'i"' ~
| and about Wall Street for Cleveland and llcnd-
| ricks in 1891 entities him to the possession OF
| an Office whose importance IS exceeded by that
OF hardly any other in the whole city gov
eminent.
The nomination Of Mr.. MARITIME for the new
| criminal judgcship is an entirely respectable
| ono. Honest men can afford TO vote for HIM,
and he ought not to be weighted down In the
minds of good citizens by the ASSOCIATION OF
his name with the names Of weak and un-
worthy candidates on the same ticket The
Democratic City Court nominations are
| insignificant Outside OF their selections
for judges Of the Supreme Court and
the now judgeship, it is difficult TO dis
cover any reason for commencing their can
| ddatcs, while in the case Of the Dlstnct-At-
| torneyship and the Control]crship every mo-
| mcnt Of attention given to the matter dIScioscs
new dangers to the city.